Description

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Common Names

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Flintperch , English , UK

Western Pacific roughy , English , USA

Hiuchidai , Japanese , Japan

日本胸棘鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , China

日本胸棘鲷 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Trachichthyiformes

Family: Trachichthyidae

Genus: Hoplostethus

Species: Hoplostethus japonicus Hilgendorf, 1879

Climate Zone

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bathypelagic

Location

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Biology

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Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

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bathypelagic